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an enjoyable comedy of lingual and cultural differences ... the château is a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten . | it establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout . | 1 |
an enjoyable comedy of lingual and cultural differences ... the château is a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten . | this u-boat does n't have a captain . | 0 |
the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles . | with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine . | 1 |
the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles . | ... the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy . | 0 |
sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching . | the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles . | 1 |
sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching . | adrift , bentley and hudson stare and sniffle , respectively , as ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design . | 0 |
even accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency . | ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze . | 1 |
even accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency . | the film , despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it , is still good fun . | 0 |
... the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy . | it 's just that it 's so not-at-all-good . | 1 |
... the whole thing succeeded only in making me groggy . | it 's fairly solid -- not to mention well edited so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark . | 0 |
and vin diesel is the man . | one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace . | 1 |
and vin diesel is the man . | nothing happens , and it happens to flat characters . | 0 |
rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along . | michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously . | 1 |
rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along . | lovingly photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life , stuart little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness . | 0 |
it must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes . | as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should . | 1 |
it must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes . | flat , misguided comedy . | 0 |
it 's about issues most adults have to face in marriage and i think that 's what i liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline . | delightfully rendered | 1 |
it 's about issues most adults have to face in marriage and i think that 's what i liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline . | dreary tale of middle-class angst | 0 |
it 's fairly solid -- not to mention well edited so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark . | the solid filmmaking and convincing characters makes this a high water mark for this genre . | 1 |
it 's fairly solid -- not to mention well edited so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark . | spider-man is about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units . | 0 |
but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure . | the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock 's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal . | 1 |
but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure . | but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming . | 0 |
may puzzle his most ardent fans . | but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure . | 1 |
may puzzle his most ardent fans . | and we do n't avert our eyes for a moment . | 0 |
if you 're willing to have fun with it , you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful . | elvira fans could hardly ask for more . | 1 |
if you 're willing to have fun with it , you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful . | what starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film . | 0 |
a fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them . | the chocolate factory without charlie . | 1 |
a fake street drama that keeps telling you things instead of showing them . | visually breathtaking , viscerally exciting , and dramatically moving , it 's the very definition of epic adventure . | 0 |
the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power . | it 's about issues most adults have to face in marriage and i think that 's what i liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline . | 1 |
the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power . | this low-rent -- and even lower-wit -- rip-off of the farrelly brothers ' oeuvre gets way too mushy -- and in a relatively short amount of time . | 0 |
a bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing . | and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor . | 1 |
a bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing . | contrived , maudlin and cliche-ridden ... if this sappy script was the best the contest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad . | 0 |
stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls . | dogtown & z-boys evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of james dean . | 1 |
stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls . | incoherence reigns . | 0 |
the lady and the duke is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective . | except it 's much , much better . | 1 |
the lady and the duke is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective . | i 'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year . | 0 |
this u-boat does n't have a captain . | where 's the movie here ? | 1 |
this u-boat does n't have a captain . | it 's never dull and always looks good . | 0 |
i like it . | waiting for godard can be fruitful : ` in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself . | 1 |
i like it . | a waterlogged version of ` fatal attraction ' for the teeny-bopper set ... a sad , soggy potboiler that wastes the talents of its attractive young leads . | 0 |
pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws . | imagine susan sontag falling in love with howard stern . | 1 |
pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws . | woody allen has really found his groove these days . | 0 |
what starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film . | talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture . | 1 |
what starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film . | i love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 . | 0 |
... hypnotically dull . | but there 's plenty to offend everyone ... | 1 |
... hypnotically dull . | you 'll know a star when you see one . | 0 |
little more than a well-mounted history lesson . | michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it 's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously . | 1 |
little more than a well-mounted history lesson . | the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power . | 0 |
what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge . | this bond film goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better . | 1 |
what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge . | an uncluttered , resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations . ' | 0 |
a modestly surprising movie . | it celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light . ' | 1 |
a modestly surprising movie . | a droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state . | 0 |
a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel . | shrewd but pointless . | 1 |
a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel . | and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable . | 0 |
dogtown & z-boys evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of james dean . | full of surprises . | 1 |
dogtown & z-boys evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of james dean . | ... too contrived to be as naturally charming as it needs to be . | 0 |
the lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy . | there are so few films about the plight of american indians in modern america that skins comes as a welcome , if downbeat , missive from a forgotten front . | 1 |
the lively appeal of the last kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy . | the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few . | 0 |
it collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush . | nicks and steinberg match their own creations for pure venality -- that 's giving it the old college try . | 1 |
it collapses when mr. taylor tries to shift the tone to a thriller 's rush . | offers a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film . | 0 |
the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate . | impostor is a step down for director gary fleder . | 1 |
the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate . | it 's about issues most adults have to face in marriage and i think that 's what i liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline . | 0 |
one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace . | on the granger movie gauge of 1 to 10 , the powerpuff girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience . | 1 |
one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace . | an overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy . | 0 |
one ca n't shake the feeling that crossroads is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for britney 's latest album . | the film is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own . | 1 |
one ca n't shake the feeling that crossroads is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for britney 's latest album . | the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power . | 0 |
spider-man is about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units . | an ugly , pointless , stupid movie . | 1 |
spider-man is about growing strange hairs , getting a more mature body , and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units . | even with all its botches , enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment . | 0 |
as a film director , labute continues to improve . | at times , the movie looks genuinely pretty . | 1 |
as a film director , labute continues to improve . | little more than a well-mounted history lesson . | 0 |
its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche . | one can only assume that the jury who bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002 's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off | 1 |
its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche . | as comedic spotlights go , notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should . | 0 |
with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine . | but the actors make this worth a peek . | 1 |
with so many bad romances out there , this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine . | incoherence reigns . | 0 |
the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough . | sly , sophisticated and surprising . | 1 |
the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough . | where 's the movie here ? | 0 |
the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task . | the bottom line with nemesis is the same as it has been with all the films in the series : fans will undoubtedly enjoy it , and the uncommitted need n't waste their time on it . | 1 |
the emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task . | what they 're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge . | 0 |
when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ? | the beautiful images and solemn words can not disguise the slack complacency of -lrb- godard 's -rrb- vision , any more than the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack can drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice . | 1 |
when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ? | sensual , funny and , in the end , very touching . | 0 |
though in some ways similar to catherine breillat 's fat girl , rain is the far superior film . | i like it . | 1 |
though in some ways similar to catherine breillat 's fat girl , rain is the far superior film . | richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material , but lawrence gives us mostly fool 's gold . | 0 |
it 's just that it 's so not-at-all-good . | where 's the movie here ? | 1 |
it 's just that it 's so not-at-all-good . | a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe . | 0 |
after you laugh once -lrb- maybe twice -rrb- , you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot . | impostor is a step down for director gary fleder . | 1 |
after you laugh once -lrb- maybe twice -rrb- , you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot . | angel presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale . | 0 |
it establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout . | you 'll probably love it . | 1 |
it establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout . | it should be doing a lot of things , but does n't . | 0 |
the movie is ingenious fun . | a surprisingly funny movie . | 1 |
the movie is ingenious fun . | little more than a well-mounted history lesson . | 0 |
it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters . | this gorgeous epic is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family . | 1 |
it 's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters . | where 's the movie here ? | 0 |
the re-release of ron howard 's apollo 13 in the imax format proves absolutely that really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages . | a film of delicate interpersonal dances . | 1 |
the re-release of ron howard 's apollo 13 in the imax format proves absolutely that really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages . | an essentially awkward version of the lightweight female empowerment picture we 've been watching for decades | 0 |
... unlike -lrb- scorsese 's mean streets -rrb- , ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot . | pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws . | 1 |
... unlike -lrb- scorsese 's mean streets -rrb- , ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot . | and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor . | 0 |
an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it . | the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power . | 1 |
an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it . | the film was produced by jerry bruckheimer and directed by joel schumacher , and reflects the worst of their shallow styles : wildly overproduced , inadequately motivated every step of the way and demographically targeted to please every one -lrb- and no one -rrb- . | 0 |
shrewd but pointless . | cinematic pyrotechnics aside , the only thing avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude . | 1 |
shrewd but pointless . | the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time . | 0 |
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